Liang Liang slept a little too long, and when he woke up it was already 7:05.
Qin Wenju didn't let anyone wake him up, which is why she has been sleeping until now.
Since they had already missed their stop, Liang Liang simply lay down for another ten minutes or so before finally going on stage around 7:30.
The moment Liang Liang appeared, the entire Oriental Ballroom erupted in cheers.
Before Liangliang could even say or sing anything, people started giving her tips.
If someone gives you a tip, you have to put on a good performance. After cracking a few jokes, Liang Liang started performing.
Driven by money, the Red Cliff Band was full of energy.
Since moving into the Oriental Dance Hall, their lives have been getting better and better. They used to be unable to afford even cigarettes, but now they have a thick wad of cash in their pockets every day.
Life is full of sunshine.
This gives them inexhaustible energy.
As long as they are motivated, that's good. If Liang Liang gets tired of singing or wants to slack off, just hand over the singing task to them.
Wang Fan is still here today.
This afternoon he accompanied Gong Xihai to see his girlfriend, but I don't know what the outcome was. Liang Liang wasn't here this afternoon, so I didn't ask.
Wang Fan will go home tomorrow and will set off for Lianwan City on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
The performance ended around midnight, just like always.
The amount of tips given tonight is about the same as last night.
However, fewer people were dividing the money tonight, so Liang Liang still received a little over a thousand yuan.
Qin Wenju had eaten and drunk her fill that afternoon, so she didn't make any further requests that evening, which allowed her to sleep soundly.
On the morning of the tenth day of the lunar new year, Liang Liang took a bus back to Gaobao Township and then rode a motorcycle home, enduring ten minutes of freezing cold.
He will stay at home for three days today. On the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, he will drive Qin Wenju's Volga to Yahe to return it to Qin Wenju. Then he will take a car to Landi City to wish his godparents a belated Happy New Year.
Spend a day in Landi City, then return to the Maritime Ballroom on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
I plan to depart for the south around the 20th day of the first lunar month.
Xu Mei earned 1,600 yuan in two days. She gave 1,400 yuan to her parents when she got home and kept 200 yuan for herself.
When her father saw that his daughter had earned almost a year's worth of money in just two days of singing, he became convinced that she was destined to make a lot of money. His attitude towards her changed 180 degrees, and he began to praise her to everyone he met.
Liang Liang got off the bus at the entrance of the small shop. Instead of going home, she went straight into the shop and heard Old Xu praising his daughter.
Xu Mei was behind the counter, leaning on it with both hands, listening with a smile as her father bragged about her.
He was overjoyed when he looked up and saw Liang Liang return.
"Brother Liang! You're back?"
"Just got back! I was freezing on the motorcycle, I need to warm myself up by the stove."
Liang Liang put her hands on the stove to warm them.
"Brother Liang! Is the band still able to perform?"
"You little brat! You're getting addicted to performing? Whether you can go out to perform or not is none of my business. I'll stay at home for two days and then I'll leave. Whether I can still perform or not is a matter of happiness."
"Oh! You're leaving already? Can you take me with you?"
"Take you with me? You're not going to study anymore?"
"Studying is meaningless, I want to go out and get some exercise."
I've been feeling ambitious these past two days because I've made some money.
"You should finish high school first! You're too young now, you can't take care of yourself at all. You should wait at least two years until you're an adult."
Xu Mei is in the second year of junior high school this year. Even if she graduates from junior high school, she will only be seventeen years old. We can't take her out now.
"No! I want to go out with you!"
“It really won’t work. There’s no room for negotiation. In two years, when you’re older and your guitar skills are pretty good, even if you don’t want to go, I’ll still take you out. Now, focus on your studies; they’ll be useful in the future.”
Although Xu Mei was a little unwilling, she thought that Liang Liang's words made a lot of sense, so she stopped insisting.
Liang Liang warmed his hands, which had become numb from the cold, before staggering home.
The first thing I did when I got home was naturally to hand over the thousand or so yuan I had earned in the past two days to my mother.
He neither smokes nor drinks, and a hundred or two hundred yuan on him is enough to last him for several days; he doesn't need much money at all.
Over the next two days, Liang Liang didn't relax at home; instead, she organized her new album, which was going to be released on Pacific Road.
The new album they are recording is based on the previous Black Panther band's Black Panther 1.
They have now rehearsed "No Place to Hide," "Don't Hurt My Heart," "Facial Makeup," and "In My Eyes" from that album.
There are still three or four songs on this album that they haven't rehearsed.
There's "Don't Bother Me", "Afraid You'll Cry for Yourself" and another song, what's its name again?
He could sing the song, but he couldn't remember the name; it was two English words.
He took advantage of these few days of free time to write the rest of the songs, rehearse them when the dance hall opened, and then release the album.
Besides writing songs, he would also give Xu Mei pointers when she came to ask him about guitar problems.
This little girl has been coming a lot more often than usual. She's not here to learn guitar at all; she's just using it as an excuse to get closer to Liang Liang.
Gao Xing also came once during this period.
He came mainly to recognize Liang Liang's family and express his gratitude.
After all, Liang Liang led them to earn over a thousand yuan.
Gao Xing brought eight gifts, worth over a hundred yuan, which was considered a generous gift in the rural areas at that time.
Besides expressing gratitude for being recognized, Gao Xing also inquired about the future path of the farmers' band.
"Don't rush into it yet, and don't expect it to be a business deal. It's more appropriate for you to treat it as a hobby for now. If our band holds a concert this year, we will invite you to participate in the performance, and I will pay you a certain amount of compensation."
With Liang Liang's promise, Gao Xing left satisfied.
When Liang Liangsong happily left, Liang Feng was having a snowball fight with several other children his age.
Looking at his fifteen-year-old brother's hopeless appearance, Liang Liang shook his head.
Liang Liang actually wanted her younger brother or sister to follow this path, but besides not being interested in music, they also didn't have the necessary qualifications.
In other words, there is no talent.
Besides, they are still young now. When they grow up, even if they don't have much talent in music, they can help manage my future business.
At seven o'clock on the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Liang Liang started the Volga, said goodbye to his family, and drove away from home.
After arriving in Yahe City and returning the car to Qin Wenju, we took a bus directly to Landi City.
Around 10:30 a.m., Liang Liang got off the bus at the Landi City Bus Station.
After getting off the bus, Liang Liang looked up at the dawn, rotated his head 360 degrees, and admired the scenery around the Landi City Bus Station area.
More than half a year ago, when Bi Sheng's dance troupe performed here, they stayed here for a few days.
I still vaguely remember some of the unique scenery of this city.
Unfortunately, it's winter now, and almost all the scenery is submerged in white and cold.
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